[Lexicog] Re: collaborative dictionary editing

[hattonusa]

Eric, thanks for the plug. Looking at the large and growing number of
projects productively using Chorus Send/Receive and synchronizing with
LanguageDepot.org <http://LanguageDepot.org> , it appears that we have
created a viable and popular approach to remote dictionary collaboration
problem for many projects. For details and a brief review of alternative
approaches, see Software for Remote Dictionary Collaboration
<http://ijl.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/07/14/ijl.ecr020.abstr\
act>  J. Hatton - International Journal of Lexicography, 2011 - Oxford
Univ Press. Abstract:


As  Language Documentation projects seek to involve native speakers in 
building their own dictionaries, they run into a problem: if we use 
computers, how can multiple people in disparate locations with differing
degrees of technological training and connectivity work on a dictionary 
at the same time? In response, the Chorus software library has been 
developed and integrated with both FieldWorks Language Explorer (for 
linguists) and WeSay (for non-linguists). These now support disconnected
and occasionally-connected collaboration, 3-way xml dictionary merging, 
notes, discussions, conflict handling, and full project history. 
Several projects are now experimenting with teams of linguists and 
native speakers working on the same dictionary, each with tools suited 
to their needs and expertise.

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